These are matters of theology which I don't understand, and about which I don't trouble myself." On another occasion he is reported to have said, "I know nothing of predestination, whether it is green or whether it is blue; but I do know that the Advocate's pipe and mine will never play the same tune." It was not long before he fully comprehended the part which he must necessarily play.

To say that he was indifferent to religious matters was as ridiculous as to make a like charge against Barneveld.

Both were religious men.

It would have been almost impossible to find an irreligious character in that country, certainly not among its highest-placed and leading minds.

Maurice had strong intellectual powers.
He was a regular attendant on divine worship, and was accustomed to hear daily religious discussions.